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Have you ever wondered why in modern Christmas tradition we do the things we do? What is the origin of the Christmas tree, with the star on top, decorations about, and all the brightly wrapped presents beneath? Or the idea behind Santa Claus who jets around the globe in a magic sleigh with flying reindeer – defying both time and space – to deliver the world’s children a bounty of Christmas gifts? And since when did Santa and the birth of Jesus have anything…

Suwa Lake Shrines 08.11.14 sharing the day with friends making offerings of prayer for Mother Earth & Fukushima. I share this so you will know more about hemp. The large rope hanging above the lady in prayer used to be made of hemp until hemp was outlawed after WW II as part of the treaty of unconditional surrender with the US. Hemp may be one of the solutions for Fukushima….. So why has it been outlawed all over the world? Just saying the obvious...... a 10,000 year history…

Meiji Jingu is one of my favorite places to visit when I go to Tokyo, Japan. I have always had a great affection for this place. Especially the tradition of going to offer prayers on New Years, where 100's of thousands of people attend ceremonies and shrines and offer prayers for the coming year. I have attended New Year pilgrimage's with upwards of 60,000 people…

I Really Love these explorations into ancestral traditions as a way to rediscover our own relationship to Mother Earth and our ancestors.. Also for navigating the seasons and timing in general, Cal really has helped me personally in getting through some tough times with her undrstandings of the seasons and cycles, the mythology / symbology / & rituals . Cal is a great source for this kind of information…

We are very honored and privileged to share with you that we will have a Waitaha Grandmother coming to share with us about Song of Waitaha. Waitaha means "water carrier" so together with Eva Maurice and 3 Trees we are presenting an invitation to join us for an outdoor evening of potluck feast, water ceremony, with the intent of healing the feminine within in us all. The Women's Group that Eva creates with has offered to open the space for men to join as…

"Fully embodying the belief that we create our reality frees our consciousness range from self-imposed limitations. This is the first step of the path of Self-Mastery – the mastery of the Mind. We become aware that we are responsible not only for our actions, but also for every thought we have. We then recognize that we must become disciplined in tracking these thoughts to their conceptual origins, and facing head on our fears and misconceptions.…

I am here again in one of my favorite countries just after returning from Mt Fuji ascension journey. The purpose for this “Pilgrimage” was to offer prayers for Mother Earth, Japan, and all of Humanity. The goal was to start at the first Jinja, Kitaguchi Hongu Fuji Sengen-jinja Shrine and pray at each one all the way up to the top of Mt Fuji. My mantra for the journey was a combination of words I used on my first journey in…

The Best laid plans… living and learning

My plans were to be in Rishikesh for one week, arriving on a Saturday and departing the next Saturday. I had been told that there would be busses leaving daily from Rishikesh towards Dharamshala, my next destination. A few days into my week in Rishikesh, I went to check out the arrangements for the next leg of my journey. I went to the area where the “upscale” busses depart and talked to a man familiar with the options. He said there…

Hello WVZ Common ~ Unity (community) and anyone else who comes across this blog. I am here currently today in Tokyo Japan, sharing with you an email from a close dear friend. She let me know that there is an increased concern over the nuclear situation here and they are holding a prayer gathering from 7-8pm Tokyo time tonight July 30th, so please offer your prayers today some time or join in with them as I will at 7-8pm tonight. As we approach the…

I am way behind on my reporting, but wanted to get this off. I'll work to catch up a bit in relating my wondrous adventures in this incredible land...My travels from Delhi to Rishikesh went perfectly smoothly, thanks to great extent to the wonderful ladies at the US Embassy School travel desk. I arrived in Haridwar, the nearest train station at around 12:15 pm. I met two other travelers looking to share a taxi or ride to…

As part of the healing process, I recently spent part of the holidays going through a series intensive advanced DNA healing and trance work to connect to my "inner-child" and to do some more tune-up healing work. The holiday time is a great time to do this, as it helps to stay focused on my path and to work more on releasing the emotional abuse from childhood.

A need for this was triggered on December 14th - the day of the Newtown shootings. Having started PALS AROUND THE WORLD, a…

“Ho’oponopono, a traditional Hawaiian family problem-solving process is a method of resolving family and group conflict… A rich body of knowledge about the physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being of an individual in relationship to family, community, and environment has existed in the Hawaiian culture for centuries. One of the specific practices is a complex system for maintaining harmonious relationships and resolving conflict within the extended family; this system is called…

We have just this week reached 1,001 members! This site is dedicated to Mother Earth People and Culture. We are preparing to go to Japan and share some multi-media shot in beautiful locations like Peru, Patagonia, Bali, Easter Island, and Sedona. We will be sharing in Tokyo the launch of our new site www.sedonaconnections.jp an online ezine dedicated to Holistic Travel Related Services in Sedona for the Japanese…